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How are Scotch Brite pads cut?
- Thread starter Gazz
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TeachMePlease
Diamond
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- Feb 11, 2014
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- FL
So, not being a smart aleck at all, I went to youtube and typed in "Scotchbrite pad cutting" and got A LOT of results. Everything from fancy automated machines to guys cutting them with bandsaws out of huge sheets. Give it a look, maybe something you see will fit your needs?
Scottl
Diamond
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- Nov 3, 2013
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- Eastern Massachusetts, USA
I keep a pair of Harbor Freight scissors in the shop that are marked and reserved just for scotch brite type pads. At $0.99 each or often free with a coupon they're cheap enough to toss when needed but amazingly they last quite a while.
I often make buffing wheels by cutting octagons and then mounting layers with the points staggered. I dress them round with an old hacksaw blade before use.
I often make buffing wheels by cutting octagons and then mounting layers with the points staggered. I dress them round with an old hacksaw blade before use.
EPAIII
Diamond
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- Beaumont, TX, USA
I also just use a cheap pair of scissors.
Sharpening scissors is easy.
Sharpening scissors is easy.
medsar
Cast Iron
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- Washington, USA
Trauma shears. Serrated edge scissors and dirt cheap. If I don’t have a pair, I tear the sheets.
cuttergrinder
Hot Rolled
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- Salem,Ohio
We used to do some maintenance work for a shop that cut sanding disks and scotch brite . They used what they called dies. The die was actually made of wood and it had a groove cut into the wood and a sharpened steel ring was mounted in this groove. I believe there were 6 rings in 1 board. Then a press pushed on the back of the wood to cut the disks. I never saw what backed up the disks on the other side.
"Steel rule die" or "dinking die"
charlie gary
Stainless
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You can buy them that way if you don't want to spend time hacking something together.
surplusjohn
Diamond
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- Syracuse, NY USA
I used to die cut scotch brite. Dies seemed to self sharpen. Steel rule dies are cheap. Also die cut sand paper from the back side
G00 Proto
Hot Rolled
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Last time I bought steel rule dies, they cost a buck an inch. I think the guy made them off jpegs, but it might have been dxfs. He made the plate out of acrylic rather than wood, so the operator could see where to place the die.
While wearing a "pair" of pants, yes ?
While wearing a "pair" of pants, yes ?
Just like you "Cut down the tree" and then "Cut up the fire wood" eh ?
EPAIII
Diamond
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Hey, that's the common usage. I didn't start it.
Two scise, joined with a screw makes a pair of scissors.
Strange thing is, I thought I just made that word up. But the spell checker accepted it as legit. Go figure. Perhaps I guessed correctly.
Two scise, joined with a screw makes a pair of scissors.
Strange thing is, I thought I just made that word up. But the spell checker accepted it as legit. Go figure. Perhaps I guessed correctly.
While wearing a "pair" of pants, yes ?
I know... just thought that term silly for something that always has two components. I probably say it as well. Even sillier term for pants unless the first trousers invented covered only one leg.
surplusjohn
Diamond
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- Syracuse, NY USA
We did alot of die cutting of many different materials using steel rule dies. We had a small quantity of scotch brite parts needed for our own use that we die cut. It probably was only a couple of hundred total over a few years. The die did fine for that many, where some people didnt think it would cut at all. I did not want to leave the impression that I was cutting hundreds of thousands of pieces. However like I said, it worked just fine and might of continued to do so.
You can tell the die maker what kind of material you are cutting.
You can tell the die maker what kind of material you are cutting.
Milland
Diamond
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Heck, you can buy the pre-sharpened die strip for reasonable money, and with a little patience make your own slotted bases for the strip to be inserted. A little testing (presuming you have a press and some backing plates) and you've got a yes or no on the process.
Just make sure you're stocked-up with Band-Aids...
